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7 <br /> LC-1 (Local Commercial-1); <br /> - NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial-2); <br /> ASE-CD (Agricultural Support Enterprises - Conditional District); <br /> R-CD (Residential - Conditional District); and <br /> - NR-CD (Non-Residential - Conditional District). <br /> Attachment B5, "RNAN Countywide and Existing Development Status" and Attachment B6, <br /> "RNAN Countywide and Existing Zoning," offer some analysis of how much potential this <br /> amendment may create for MPD-CD rezoning requests countywide. There are a total of ten <br /> (10) RNANs in Orange County. All ten (10) RNANs were included on the FLUM since it was <br /> originally adopted in 1981 and have largely not been developed since that time. <br /> Approximately 580 acres (49.7%) within the RNANs are already developed, leaving 512 <br /> parcel acres "undeveloped". As previously noted, this does not account for site specific <br /> characteristics and development constraints (e.g. required buffers). <br /> The MPD-CD zoning district was originally established to provide a mechanism through which <br /> innovative development proposals could move forward for consideration by Orange County <br /> through a legislative land use planning process that was transparent, fair, open, efficient, and <br /> responsive. The intent of the MPD-CD zoning district is, in part, "...to provide opportunity for <br /> unified large-scale subdivisions, non-residential, and mixed-use developments to be <br /> considered." Allowance of the MPD-CD zoning district use more broadly throughout the County <br /> may help accomplish the Comprehensive Plan's vision for activity nodes, inviting innovative <br /> mixtures of uses, including differing forms of residential uses and creative designs, at key <br /> intersections throughout the County. <br /> Any proposal of MPD-CD zoning in the RNANs would require administration of a zoning <br /> application and be accompanied by the requisite public notification and public hearing for input <br /> from property owners in the surrounding area. Fiddlehead Corner, the applicant's zoning <br /> proposal, is following this process and offers a procedural template that future applicants might <br /> use for reference and guidance. <br /> SECTION C: UDO TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> Hands Four Development Cooperative submitted an application in December 2023, and <br /> modified in March 2024, to amend the text of the UDO's Table of Permitted Uses to add "Family <br /> Care Facility" as a permitted use in the MPD-CD zoning district (Attachment Cl) and to <br /> complement the proposed amendments to Appendix F of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. While <br /> this applicant-initiated text amendment is necessary for the MPD-CD rezoning application, as <br /> presented, staff must evaluate if "Family Care Home" is an appropriate use for consideration <br /> within the MPD-CD zoning district countywide. <br /> Applications for a conditional zoning district must include all uses contemplated within a <br /> development project as part of the conditions accompanying the rezoning approval. The <br /> proposed allowable uses are specified in the UDO's Section 5.2, the Table of Permitted Uses, <br /> including whether use-specific standards are required. Furthermore, a MPD-CD approval must <br /> "... be located in such a manner as to be compatible with the character of existing development <br /> of surrounding properties, thus ensuring the continued conservation of building values and <br /> encouraging the most appropriate use of land in the county. Therefore, when evaluating an <br /> application for this district, emphasis shall be _given to the location of the proposed <br />